The history of mosaic art begins with the earliest civilizations, such as the Sumerians, Egyptians, and the people of the Minoan-Mycenaean region, who used this technique to adorn their buildings, ...

This is a house at the height of the Art Nouveau design movement. Before writing this story, I had some idea of the Art ...

Laura French From 1883 up until his death in 1926, Catalan art nouveau master Antoni Gaudí devoted himself to the construction of La Sagrada Família, a towering, Gothic-style-with-a-twist church.

Seville, the capital of Andalucia, is a city rich in history, culture, and tradition. Its Moorish heritage, passionate ...

In 1937, American supermarket owner, Sylvan Goldman, came up with a way to get his customers to spend more. He introduced his 'folding basket carriers' in his Humpty Dumpty chain in Oklahoma, hiring ...

The Nellie massacre on 18 February 1983 was the worst bloodshed in the country since Indian independence in 1947. It is estimated that 3,000 people died that day.

In recent essays, cultural critic Ted Gioia questions whether beauty is becoming a lost art in our increasingly utilitarian world. He suggests that aesthetic values are vanishing from daily life, ...

How the rest is spent is not known as the church is not obliged to publish its accounts. Some 51,696 people attended 66 international masses at the Sagrada Familia last year while 280,670 ...

Spending a night near Barcelona cruise port allows you to experience a taste of this incredible city while ensuring a ...

We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: visionary architect Antoni Gaudi and the design of the Sagrada Familia ...

Engineers and executives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency are drawing healthy taxpayer-funded salaries—sometimes from the very agencies they are cutting. Some staffers at ...